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Portrait Bust (or folk sculpture)

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Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1880-1920

GUSN

GUSN-10617

Description

Small wooden (pine) portrait bust of a gentleman with flat back (3/4 carved), mounted on cork stopper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

busts (figures)
sculpture (visual work)
cork (bark)
pine (wood)
pine (wood)
Pine
Cork
Unpainted
BUST

Inscription

Stamped on bottom of cork: Aladdin

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.25 x 1.25 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1992.505

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